Goto Section: 74.1202 | 74.1204 | Table of Contents
FCC 74.1203
Revised as of October 1, 2008
Goto Year:2007 |
2009
Sec. 74.1203 Interference.
(a) An authorized FM translator or booster station will not be permitted to
continue to operate if it causes any actual interference to:
(1) The transmission of any authorized broadcast station; or
(2) The reception of the input signal of any TV translator, TV booster, FM
translator or FM booster station; or
(3) The direct reception by the public of the off-the-air signals of any
authorized broadcast station including TV Channel 6 stations, Class D
(secondary) noncommercial educational FM stations, and previously authorized
and operating FM translators and FM booster stations. Interference will be
considered to occur whenever reception of a regularly used signal is
impaired by the signals radiated by the FM translator or booster station,
regardless of the quality of such reception, the strength of the signal so
used, or the channel on which the protected signal is transmitted.
(b) If interference cannot be properly eliminated by the application of
suitable techniques, operation of the offending FM translator or booster
station shall be suspended and shall not be resumed until the interference
has been eliminated. Short test transmissions may be made during the period
of suspended operation to check the efficacy of remedial measures. If a
complainant refuses to permit the FM translator or booster licensee to apply
remedial techniques which demonstrably will eliminate the interference
without impairment to the original reception, the licensee of the FM
translator or booster station is absolved of further responsibility for that
complaint.
(c) An FM booster station will be exempted from the provisions of paragraphs
(a) and (b) of this section to the extent that it may cause limited
interference to its primary station's signal, provided it does not disrupt
the existing service of its primary station or cause such interference
within the boundaries of the principal community of its primary station.
(d) A fill-in FM translator operating on the first, second or third adjacent
channel to its primary station's channel will be exempt from the provisions
of paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section to the extent that it may cause
limited interference to its primary station's signal, provided it does not
disrupt the existing service of its primary station or cause such
interference within the boundaries of the principal community of its primary
station.
(e) It shall be the responsibility of the licensee of an FM translator or FM
booster station to correct any condition of interference which results from
the radiation of radio frequency energy by its equipment on any frequency
outside the assigned channel. Upon notice by the Commission to the station
licensee that such interference is being caused, the operation of the FM
translator or FM booster station shall be suspended within three minutes and
shall not be resumed until the interference has been eliminated or it can be
demonstrated that the interference is not due to spurious emissions by the
FM translator or FM booster station; provided, however, that short test
transmissions may be made during the period of suspended operation to check
the efficacy of remedial measures.
[ 55 FR 50693 , Dec. 10, 1990, as amended at 60 FR 55484 , Nov. 1, 1995]
Goto Section: 74.1202 | 74.1204
Goto Year: 2007 |
2009
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